Army Corps of Engineers Failed to Protect Dolphins in Spillway Openings, Lawsuit Alleges
The Army Corps of Engineers failed to protect bottlenose dolphins and other marine life in the Mississippi Sound and Lake Borgne by opening the Bonnet Carre Spillway in 2019 without obtaining proper permits under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court in Mississippi. The suit was filed by the cities of Biloxi, D’Iberville, […]
Army Officer Alleges Retaliation over Testimony on Slow National Guard Response to Jan. 6
A colonel who was the top lawyer for the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is accusing Army officials of retaliating against him for disputing two generals’ account of why the National Guard was slow to deploy during the attack on the Capitol. In a whistleblower reprisal complaint filed in October and […]
